Fannin CO. GA - Dickey Family Cemetery
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Dickey Family Cemetery
Located on Hogback Mountain between Blue Ridge and Mineral Bluff, GA.
Directions; Drive East out of Blue Ridge on Hwy 76-2. Turn left
(N) just past the shopping center on the east side town, (Windy Ridge
Road) Go about two miles to Hogback Road---turn right and wind around the
mountain and along side the Toccoa River. The cemetery is on the right
side of the road on a dim path.
George Dickey Hannah Taylor Dickey
Born: April 26, 1776 Born: October 1777
Died: Sept. 15, 1842 Died: Jan. 25, 1868
There are Fieldstone Markers for 26 of their Slaves who lie beside them.
In a ceremony titled "Together on Hogback Mountain", this Cemetery was
re-dedicated on June 13, 1999. Key Note speakers were Rep. Cynthia
McKinney D-GA and Fred Craddock, Prof. Emeritus, Emory University. Many
notables, including descendents, both black and white, attended the
ceremony. The Dedication Stone reads;
"Here among familiar pines,
rest two pioneers of these hills,
and more than a score slaves,
nameless here,
though not the sweat and grief
they gave to this soil.
Together,
they are equal in our hearts
and in God's hands."
The Descendents, 1999
That is where it has to start
With the simplest things
More Kindness will do nothing less
Than save every sleeping one
And night walking one of us
>From " The Strength of Fields"
Author James Dickey 1923-1997